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Fertility transitions in developing countries : convergence, timing, and causes

Papagni, Erasmo - 2018

evidence of convergence in three groups of countries. This information is used to distinguish the transitioning countries from … analysis of the causes of this event. Instrumental-variable estimates show that increasing female education and reduced infant … education with the years of schooling of people aged 40ñ64. These results are conÖrmed by the application of Lewbelís (2012 …

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Do Constraints on Women Worsen Child Deprivations? Framework, Measurement, and Evidence from India

Posso, Alberto; Smith, Stephen C.; Ferrone, Lucia - 2019

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Do constraints on women worsen child deprivations? : framework, measurement, and evidence from India

Posso, Alberto; Smith, Stephen C.; Ferrone, Lucia - 2019

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Testing the quantity-quality model of fertility : Estimation using unrestricted family size models

Mogstad, Magne; Wiswall, Matthew - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 7 (2016) 1, pp. 157-192

We examine the relationship between child quantity and quality. Motivated by the theoretical ambiguity regarding the sign of the marginal effects of additional siblings on children’s outcomes, our empirical model allows for an unrestricted relationship between family size and child outcomes....

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Natural resource windfalls in nonproducing areas

Ome, Alejandro; Pérez, Javier - 2022

We study the impact of natural resource royalties on educational outcomes in Colombia. We analyze a reform enacted in 2012 that made the distribution of these royalties more equitable. Before the reform, most royalties were assigned to the regions where the natural resources were exploited; with...

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The Role of Friends in the Opioid Epidemic

Adamopoulou, Effrosyni; Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; … - 2024

The role of friends in the US opioid epidemic is examined. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health), adults aged 25-34 and their high school best friends are focused on. An instrumental variable technique is employed to estimate peer effects in opioid...

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